Kaua'i County

Mental /Behavioral Health

Support & Advocacy

These organizations provide assistance, support, information and advocacy to behavioral health clients, families and service providers. You also can search our nationwide database of support groups below.

Mental Health KokuaAdd To Favorites In PHR
Offers outreach and community integration services for adults who are homeless and mentally ill; case management services; psycho-social rehabilitation activity programming; peer coaching support and training; respite support allowing families to have a break in caretaking; and a spectrum of residential placement options.

Arc in Hawai'iAdd To Favorites In PHR
A national, grassroots organization of and for people with intellectual and related developmental disabilities. With more than 140,000 members in 1000 local and state chapters, The Arc is the largest volunteer organization devoted solely to working on behalf of people with intellectual disabilities.

Hawai'i State Council on Developmental DisabilitiesAdd To Favorites In PHR
Works to plan, coordinate, evaluate, monitor, and advocate on behalf of individuals with developmental disabilities; and assure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to culturally competent services, supports, and other assistance and opportunities that promote independence, productivity, and integration, and inclusion into the community.

NAMI Hawai'iAdd To Favorites In PHR
Offers education, advocacy andsupport for persons with mental illness and their families. Their programs are prepared and delivered by family members & consumers who have lived and are now living the same challenges you face.

Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc. - InternationalAdd To Favorites In PHR
Adult Children of Alcoholics is an anonymous Twelve Step, twelve tradition programs of women and men who grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home. They meet with each other in a mutually respectful safe environment and acknowledge their common experience. They discover how childhood affected them in the past and influences them in the present. They take positive action. By practicing the twelve Steps, focusing on the solution and accepting a loving higher power of our understanding, they find freedom from the past and way to improve their lives today.

Al-Anon/AlateenAdd To Favorites In PHR
For over 50 years, Al-Anon (which includes Alateen for younger members) has been offering hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics. It is estimated that each alcoholic affects the lives of at least four other people... alcoholism is truly a family disease. No matter what relationship you have with an alcoholic, whether they are still drinking or not, all who have been affected by someone else’s drinking can find solutions that lead to serenity in the Al-Anon/Alateen fellowship.

Alcoholics AnonymousAdd To Favorites In PHR
A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Alzheimer's AssociationAdd To Favorites In PHR
Seeks to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

American Association of People with Disabilities Add To Favorites In PHR
A cross-disability member organization dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for Americans with disabilities. AAPD works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws.

American Foundation for Suicide PreventionAdd To Favorites In PHR
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a 501(c)(3) organization, has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives in 2010 -- each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. They are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration projects and critical policy work. They are also expanding their assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention.

Arc, TheAdd To Favorites In PHR
The Arc of the United States advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Together with our network of members and affiliated chapters, we improve systems of supports and services; connect families; inspire communities and influence public policy.

Bazelon Center for Mental Health LawAdd To Favorites In PHR
A nonprofit legal-advocacy organization dedicated to the principle that every individual is entitled to choice and dignity. Goals include community membership; self-determination and choice; ending the punishment of mental-health consumers for the system’s failures; and preserving protections and entitlements.

Carter Center Mental Health ProgramAdd To Favorites In PHR
Seeks to reduce the stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses; achieve equity for mental health care comparable to other health care; advance promotion, prevention, and early intervention services for children and their families; and increase public awareness worldwide about mental health and mental illness and to stimulate local actions to address those issues.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Add To Favorites In PHR
Promotes the quality and availability of community-based substance abuse treatment services for individuals and families who need them. CSAT works with States and community-based groups to improve and expand existing substance abuse treatment services under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Program. CSAT also supports SAMHSA’s free treatment referral service to link people with the community-based substance abuse services they need.

Community Anti-Drug Coalition of AmericaAdd To Favorites In PHR
Seeks to build and strengthen the capacity of community coalitions to create safe, healthy and drug-free communities. The organization supports its members with technical assistance and training, public policy, media strategies and marketing programs, conferences and special events.

Consumer Center for Health, Education, and AdvocacyAdd To Favorites In PHR
Helps low-income residents of San Diego County navigate the ever changing health care system to access care and obtain and/or maintain eligibility for government benefit health programs including but not limited to Medi-Cal, Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), Medicare Savings Programs, Medicaid Expansion/Low Income Health Plan (LIHP) and County Medical Services. This is accomplished through individual and substantive advocacy, providing trainings and developing community partnerships. As the County-designated Patients Rights Advocate for outpatient specialty mental health services, the Consumer Center is responsible for investigating and resolving complaints, grievances and appeals. Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. 1764 San Diego Avenue, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92110, 1-877-734-3258

Crystal Meth AnonymousAdd To Favorites In PHR
Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women for whom all drugs, specifically Crystal Meth, have become a problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stay clean and lead a sober life.

Drug Policy AllianceAdd To Favorites In PHR
The Drug Policy Alliance envisions a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, and in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more.

Dual Recovery AnonymousAdd To Favorites In PHR
A 12 Step self-help program that is based on the principals of the Twelve Steps and the experiences of men and women in recovery with a dual diagnosis. The DRA program helps people recover from both their chemical dependencies and their emotional or psychiatric illnesses by focusing on relapse prevention and actively improving the quality of their lives.

Faces and Voices of RecoveryAdd To Favorites In PHR
A national campaign of individuals and organizations joining together to advocate for public action to deliver the power, possibility and proof of recovery. Faces & Voices of Recovery supports local recovery advocacy by increasing access to research, policy, organizing and technical support; facilitating relationships among local and regional groups; improving access to policymakers and the media; and providing a national rallying point for recovery advocates.

Gift from WithinAdd To Favorites In PHR
A nonprofit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals.

GLBT National Help CenterAdd To Favorites In PHR
Providdes free and confidential telephone and emial peer counseling, information and local resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendcer and questioning callers throughout the United States.

HazeldenAdd To Favorites In PHR
Helps more people sustain lifelong recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs and accomplishes this through a commitment to treatment, publishing, education, research, public advocacy and shared learning with other organizations.

Healthy MindsAdd To Favorites In PHR
This consumer-oriented Web site seeks to inform and educate the public about mental health treatment and resources. The site features many common mental health concerns, treatment options and prevention measures.

Join Together Add To Favorites In PHR
Provides information, strategic planning assistance, and leadership development for community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment.

Mental Health AmericaAdd To Favorites In PHR
Nonprofit organization addresses all aspects of mental health and mental illness through more than 340 affiliates nationwide. MHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.

NAPAFASA National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse Add To Favorites In PHR
A private, non-profit, 501 (c ) (3) membership organization dedicated to addressing the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations on the continental U.S. Hawaii, the six Pacific Island jurisdictions and elsewhere. Founding in 1988, NAPAFASA involves service providers, families and youth in efforts to reach API communities to promote health and social justice and to reduce substance abuse and related problems.

Nar-Anon Family GroupAdd To Favorites In PHR
Nar-Anon Family Group is primarily for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction problem of a family member or friend. The program, which is not a religious one but a spiritual way of life, is based on the 12 suggested steps of Narcotics Anonymous. Working with these steps will bring the solution to practically any problem.

Narcotics AnonymousAdd To Favorites In PHR
provides a recovery process and support network inextricably linked together. One of the keys to NA’s success is the therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share their successes and challenges in overcoming active addiction and living drug-free productive lives through the application of the principles contained within the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of NA. These principles are the core of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA)Add To Favorites In PHR
An organization composed of methadone patients and health care professionals who are supporters of quality opiate agonist treatment. NAMA has thousands of members worldwide with a network of international affiliated organizations and chapters in many places in the United States. Its primary objective is to advocate for the patient in treatment by destigmatizing and empowering methadone patients. First and foremost, NAMA confronts the negative stereotypes that impact on the self-esteem and worth of many methadone patients with a powerful affirmation of pride and unity

National Council for Community Behavioral HealthcareAdd To Favorites In PHR
A membership organization of 1,700 behavioral health providers that advocates for public policies that ensure that people who are ill can access comprehensive healthcare services. They offer state-of-the-science education and practice improvement resources so that services are efficient and effective.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismAdd To Favorites In PHR
NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems by conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas, coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol-related issues, collaborating with organizations engaged in alcohol-related work and translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Add To Favorites In PHR
Conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The Institute also conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices which substitute for lost and impaired sensory and communication function.

National Organization on DisabilityAdd To Favorites In PHR
Helps people with disabilities participate equally in a variety of basic life activities such as employment and income, education, community participation and socialization, transportation, political participation, health care, religious participation, and use of technology.

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol SyndromeAdd To Favorites In PHR
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is a non-profit organization that strives to create a global community free of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and a society supportive of individuals already living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). NOFAS increases public awareness and mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities and represents the interests of persons with FASD and their caregivers as the liaison to researchers and policymakers. By ensuring that FASD is broadly recognized as a developmental disability, NOFAS strives to reduce the stigma and improve the quality of life for affected individuals and families.

National Youth Leadership NetworkAdd To Favorites In PHR
The National Youth Leadership Network promotes leadership development, education, employment, independent living, and health and wellness among young leaders representing the diversity of race, ethnicity and disability in the United States. They also foster the inclusion of young leaders with disabilities into all aspects of society at national, state and local levels and communicate about issues important to youth with disabilities and the policies and practices that affect their lives.

Nicotine AnonymousAdd To Favorites In PHR
Nonprofit 12 Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives. Nicotine Anonymous welcomes all those seeking freedom from nicotine addiction, including those using cessation programs and nicotine withdrawal aids. The primary purpose of Nicotine Anonymous is to help all those who would like to cease using tobacco and nicotine products in any form. The Fellowship offers group support and recovery using the 12 Steps as adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve abstinence from nicotine.

Office of National Drug Control PolicyAdd To Favorites In PHR
Establishes policies, priorities, and objectives for the nation's drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)Add To Favorites In PHR
Promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Section 8 Made SimpleAdd To Favorites In PHR
A guide to the federally funded Housing Choice Voucher Program. Section 8 provides housing assistance to low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities. The guide, written by the Technical Assistance Collaborative, offers comprehensive information on Section 8, including updated info on the Homeownership Program.

SMART (Self Management and Recovery Training) Recovery Add To Favorites In PHR
SMART Recover is the leading Self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Our participants learn tools for recover support group. Out participants learn tools for recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering science based mutual help groups.

Smokefree.govAdd To Favorites In PHR
Provides an online step-by-step cessation guide; local and state telephone quitlines; National Cancer Institute's national telephone quitline and instant messaging services and publications which can be downloaded, printed or ordered.

TASHAdd To Favorites In PHR
An international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals fighting for a society in which inclusion of all people in all aspects of society is the norm. TASH supports the inclusion and full participation of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of their communities as determined by personalized visions of quality of life.

Treatment Advocacy Center Add To Favorites In PHR
A national nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating legal and clinical barriers to timely and humane treatment for millions of Americans with severe brain disorders who are not receiving appropriate medical care. The center serves as a catalyst to achieve proper balance in judicial and legislative decisions that affect the lives of persons with serious brain disorders.